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Andrea Schacht MacTiger – A Highlander on Velvet Paws [MacTiger - Ein Highlander auf Samtpfoten] Blanvalet TB 352 pages Format 11,5 x 18,3 cm March 2008 Andrea Schacht, born in 1956, worked for a long time as an industrial engineer and management consultant before giving in to her childhood dream of becoming a writer. Her novels are all bestsellers. www.andrea-schacht.de The latest cat novel by Andrea Schacht, the elegant mistress of the historical novel. The Scottish Highlands in 1744.A bitter clan feud comes to a bloody end. Even the palace cat MacTiger is treacherously killed. The only survivors of the massacre are a nanny and her charge, little Mary McIain. They both flee from the ruined building, abandoning MacTiger, the poor feline soul – now damned to walk the grounds in loneliness. He won't be freed from his ghostly interim life until a human being sees and lovingly caresses him. But this wish remains unfulfilled for centuries. Not until a resourceful businessman converts the old palace into a hotel does MacTiger sense his opportunity. Before long, word gets around that the hotel rooms are haunted. Young Margita immediately feels the presence of the palace ghost, and the more old stories she collects, the nearer she gets to MacTiger. The old cat helps Margita solve a case of fraud which by now has been keeping the hotel staff on their toes. In exchange for this, MacTiger is released from his centuriesold existence as a ghost. But the cat's spirit returns, in the form of a little kitten … Also available: Die elfte Jungfrau [The Eleventh Virgin], 2007 Kreuzblume [The Nun's Daughter], 2007 Die Lauscherin im Beichtstuhl [The Eavesdropper in the Confessional], 2006 Der dunkle Spiegel [The Dark Mirror – Part 1 of the Almut the Beguine Trilogy], For more information please visit www.randomhouse.de 2003 sold to: Hungary Das Werk der Teufelin [The Work of the She-Devil – Part 2 of the Almut the Beguine Trilogy], 2004 sold to: Hungary Die Sünde aber gebiert den Tod [Sin Is the Parent of Death – Part 3 of the Almut the Beguine Trilogy], 2005 Die Ring-Trilogie: Der Siegelring – Der Bernsteinring – Der Lilienring [The TimeTravel Novels: The Signet Ring – The Amber Ring – The Lily Ring], 2003/2004 For more information please visit www.randomhouse.de